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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1978
Page
3
Minnie Tybo longtime Nevadan honored as oldest living native Nevadan died at 112 in Elko after a long life spotlighting Nevada heritage. The report notes her 1975 recognition by the North Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and her death on a Wednesday.
Police report the second car used in Aldo Moro s kidnapping was found on the same street as the first in northwest Rome. Bloodstains in the first car raise questions of Moro s fate though officials say the 61 year old leader of the Christian Democratic Party was likely unharmed. A dragnet of about 50 000 troops and police covers Italy as anonymous tips flood in from across the country, with some claiming the Red Brigades carried out the attack and Moro s possible execution or captivity. Photographs and names of suspected Red Brigades members are broadcast nationwide.
Israeli forces attacked a seacoast camp at Adloun 22 miles north of the border using helicopters and boatborne troops. Four navy gunboats shelled the site as missiles hit nearby. Guerrilla accounts claim casualties amid heavy fighting with Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fighters.
The American supertanker Amoco Cadiz broke in two three miles off the Brittany coast near Portsall. About 1.5 million barrels of oil spilled, fouling beaches and fishing grounds as authorities ordered a full pollution alert and ships battled obstructions to reach the wreck. Helicopters evacuated 41 people, leaving the captain and first officer aboard as the front section drifted toward rocks.
President Carter in his first major defense policy address links a strong defense with a two way restraint message to the Soviet Union and Cuba. He says the United States will cooperate with the Soviets on social, scientific and economic programs but warns restraint must be shown in missile programs and force levels.
The Senate backed the neutrality treaty 68 to 32, a margin experts say builds momentum for the second pact turning over the canal to Panama. Opponents dispute the gains, while Carter seeks to maintain stature and U S policy unity amid Easter recess pauses.
County Treasurer Eva R Grammer and Barbara Peer are named along with Justices of the Peace in Precincts 2 and 3, Clayton Sailings, Precinct 4 Cliff Pressar, Constable Precinct Unexpired Term Don Gass, and Ismael Diaz Dominguez among listed officials.
Voters choose mayor and council members in two and one year terms along with two at large school board seats. Candidates include W M Bickley Eleuterio Garcia Eddie Ferguson Bill Moss Jesus Muniz Charles Smith Doug Fernandes Arnie Calderon Royce Cassell Madelynn West Ben Matta Carlota Granada Louis Matta Paul Williams Alton Hughes A L Gibson Frank Kelley Don Weinacht.
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